26Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with his adviser Ahuzzath and Phicol the commander of his army. 27Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?” 28They said, “We see plainly that the LORD has been with you; so we said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, even between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you, 29that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the LORD.'” 30Then he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 31In the morning they arose early and exchanged oaths; then Isaac sent them away and they departed from him in peace. 32Now it came about on the same day, that Isaac’s servants came in and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.” 33So he called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day. 34When Esau was forty years old he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite; 35and they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
After all the hardship that Isaac had been through, he kept his integrity, and did not allow the Philistines to perturb him to violence. Yesterday, we saw God reward him with an affirmation of the covenant, but shortly thereafter, God goes one further. The Philistines come and offer a peace treaty to Isaac, and Isaac’s servants strike water again, so that they now have two wells at their disposal. After withstanding the tests and trials, the rewards come flowing (literally). Don’t give up your efforts to do good, the rewards will always be worth it.